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Bill Text

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``National Child Protection Training
Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS.

(a) Regional Training Centers.--The Attorney General through the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall establish a
program to sustain at least 4 university, college, or community college
affiliated regional training centers in coordination with the National
Child Protection Training Center.
(b) Responsibilities.--The regional training centers shall--
(1) develop model undergraduate curricula on recognizing
and responding to cases of child maltreatment that is inter-
disciplinary and that, at a minimum, consists of a 3-course
certificate program or minor degree;
(2) develop model graduate curricula on recognizing and
responding to cases of child maltreatment for medical schools,
law schools, seminaries, and other institutions of higher
education that instruct students likely to become child
protection professionals or other professionals required by law
to report cases of child maltreatment;
(3) after approval by the Attorney General, disseminate
model undergraduate and graduate child maltreatment curricula
to community colleges, colleges, universities, law schools,
medical schools, and other institutions of higher education;
(4) develop ``laboratory'' training facilities that include
mock houses, medical facilities, courtrooms, and forensic
interview rooms that allow for simulated, interactive, and
intensive training of undergraduate or graduate students
preparing for child protection careers as well as for training
child protection professionals...